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W • Section 29-1.1. Customer deposits. (a) The director of finance shall require persons or firms applying for water service in the rules established in this section. Pg. 5. sits (b) The normal deposit requirements shall be as follows: (1) Residential accounts $10.00 (2) Non-residential accounts $25.00 (c) The normal deposit requirement will be waived, if (1) The applicant furnishes a letter from anothe gas, water or electric utility with whom he has had service within the past twenty-four months certifying that he has maintained an acceptable credit record; or (2) The director of finance or his designee is able to establish by telephone call to another gas, water or electric utility with which the applicant has had service within the past twenty-four months that the applicant had no terminations for non-payment within the most recent twenty-four months in which • he had service; or (3) The applicant has had city water or gas service at the same or some other address within the past twenty-four months and had no terminations for non-payment within the most recent twenty-four months in which he had service. (d) Any customer who has had service terminated for non- ayment within the preceding twelve month period, or who has had two or more checks returned to the director of finance for insufficient funds within the preceding twenty-four month period, may be required to pay an additional deposit to reinitiate service. Such deposit shall not be greater than the sum of the two highest monthly bills rendered in the past twelve months for service at the location to be served. (e) Any deposit may be applied by the director of finance to any delinquent balance due on the account for which the deposit was made. Beginning March 1, 1982, the director of finance may, and on application from the customer shall, refund • any deposit if the account for which it was made has had no termination for non-payment, and has not had two or more bad checks received in payment, during the preceding twelve months. Likewise, upon voluntary termination of service to an account, the deposit shall first be applied to the balance due and the balance refunded to the customer.